Blog November 5th Class

1) Today in class we...
         Before our friends arrived, we played a name game and planned for the following weeks. Our class threw around the ball to help us learn each others names. Then a few minutes later, our friends, the OU students, arrived. Since we were already in groups of two or three, everyone were introduced to their buddy for the class. We went to the gym because he was interested in sports and rapping. Since we didn't have a place for him to DJ, the gym fit perfectly. We did a skit about being on time to your job and sleeping on the job. After finishing our little photo shoot, we went back to the room and turned in our photos. Then we wrote a story about our day in our groups and built a fort. There was a station to play with play doh but we never got to it. These stations helped us get to know each other and learn to work within groups to get a project done.

2) Describe your experience. What did you notice? How did you feel?
          I, at first, was really nervous but I always get that way when meeting new people or getting tossed into a group to work with no real direction or introduction. But it was so awesome! I loved it. He was so talkative and fun. =)

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Learn and Serve #5

So my last learn and serve was on October 30th. The day before Halloween. Which means, I have gone through another day in learn and serve where I watch movies and basically hang out with the students and teacher. I walked into the classroom and no one was there. I sat around for twenty minutes waiting for the class to get back from their Halloween activity in the auditorium. Then when the students returned, we handed out candy, played games, and then went over to the classroom across the hall and watched a movie. Half way through the movie it was time for me to leave. It was a nice relaxing spooky day before Halloween.

Quiz 8

Today in class we had a blast running around campus making and video after we warmed up with a fun activity. During this activity, we had to help write five stories about characters from She Stoops To Conquer. Our group laughed as we made our video. We had no complaints or disagreements as we created and revised the story.

I noticed that our group got along great and we all worked well together. We had no hard times making up the script or finding someone to volunteer to work on any section in the story.

I wondered what everyone else was doing and if our story was going to turn out like we want it to. Also, I wondered how crazy we looked as we made our video. I don't care in the least but I know at one point we screamed out, "Ewwww COUSINS!" While this one guy watched, he heard this and took off in the opposite direction. hahahaha

Next class, I'm looking forward to see how our video turned out and how everyone else did theirs. I bet that they are all great! :)

I have not ever spent time with an adult with a cognitive or developmental disability.

Learn and Serve #4 Blog 8

This past Friday in my learn and serve has been the best class I have been in the whole time. During this time, I was actually able to work one on one with a few students in the classroom for more then just five minutes. I helped a few students catch up on their reading worksheets and then was able to see a lesson play out, the book of the month. A teacher from next door read Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. After they heard the story, each student had to write a summary of the book and a prediction on what will happen next. One of the students, missed the reading so I read the book to him and helped him with his writing task. Then after about an hour and a half of working, the students started watch Monster House. I was so happy to finally be able to work with students. =]

She Stoops to Conquer activity

Tony Lumpkin – Original Prankster- The Offspring

Miss Kate Hardcastle – Love Song - Taylor Swift  & A Little's Enough - Angels & Airwaves

Mr. Hardcastle – Don’t Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin

Marlow – A little less sixteen candles a little more touch me- Fall Out Boy

Hastings - Honestly - Cartel & Can’t buy me love – The Beatles

Mrs. Hardcastle - Mix tape by Brand New

Constance Neville – Gold Digger – Kanye West

She Stoops to Conquer

Five picture story podcast

The first part of my story

Week 8

A teacher needs to know how to interact with not only the students in their classroom but their parents as well. Before we watched a video clip of parent/teacher conference, we had to write down three things we thought were important that parents would want to know and what as a teacher we need to know. When a parent sends their child off to school they want their child to do well in the classroom. So how their child is doing is important for them to find out when they come to the parent/teacher conference. Also, to show this as a teacher, we should have a the student's work their to show the parents so they can see their child's progression. Something important a teacher should know is the families background because this is important in knowing what to say and how to interact with the family.

After watching the video, we had to write about three things we learned from the video. I learned that parents want to know where their child is compared to the rest of the class. Even though, I know my parents have always asked the teacher that when it came to my reading; it just never crossed my mind. Secondly, parents want to know how their child is interacting socially. This is probably a major question if they don't hear from their child about friends at school or if they have received calls from the teacher about their child's social behaviors. Thirdly, parents want to know how the student behaves in the classroom.

Link to watch video

Kirk, S., Gallagher, J, Coleman, M., & Anastasiow, N. (2009). Educating Exceptional Children (12th ed.). Kentucky: Cengage Learning. Retrieved October 22, 2009, from http://college.cengage.com/education/kirk/educating/12e/resources/video_cases.html